There’s been a flurry of publicity surrounding the shutdown of various Longwave Radio broadcasts recently. As a former presenter on Atlantic 252 which transmitted across the UK and Ireland on Longwave I thought I’d write some words on the magic of the longwave and my thoughts on the future of the band.
I’m not even going to pretend to understand the psychology of how music can take you back to a period in your life, but the evidence of how it helps dementia sufferers is well documented and it fascinates me.